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John OSBORN

Male 1631 - 1687  (55 years)


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  • Name John OSBORN 
    Born 31 Jul 1631  Ashford, County Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 2 May 1687  Wainscott Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I36090736608  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 23 Dec 2022 

    Father Thomas OSBORN,   b. Abt 1594, Ashford, County Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 26 Nov 1677  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Mary GOATLY,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 18 Jan 1622  Ashford, County Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F936  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family MARIAM,   d. 9 May 1704 
    Married Abt 1659 
    Children 
     1. Thomas OSBORN,   b. 1660,   d. 23 Jun 1745  (Age 85 years)
     2. John OSBORN,   b. Abt 1662,   d. Abt Dec 1727  (Age 65 years)
     3. Caleb OSBORN,   b. Abt 1664,   d. 1711  (Age 47 years)
     4. Ephraim OSBORN,   b. Abt 1666,   d. 6 Jul 1744  (Age 78 years)
     5. Edward OSBORN,   b. Abt 1668,   d. Abt 1719, Elizabeth Town Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
     6. James OSBORN,   b. Abt 1670,   d. Oct 1716  (Age 46 years)
    Last Modified 23 Dec 2022 
    Family ID F914  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • John Osborn, son of Thomas Osborne & Mary Goatly, was baptised 31 July 1631 at Ashford, County Kent, England. He emigrated from England to America about 1637 with his parents and settled with them in New Haven, Connecticut. John probably accompanied his parents to East Hampton about 1649. In 1670 he located in wainscott some 2 1/2 miles southwest of the village of East Hampton.

      On 24 August 1675, he was on the rate list for East Hampton (NYDH 2:442), and again 08 September 1683, owning 13 acres (NYDH 2:539).
      In October 1686 John Osburne was named with others in contempt of the law, in East Hampton, and was ordered taken into custody 18 November 1686 (NYDH 3:352-356).
      On 24 May 1687, an inventory was taken by John Wheeler and Samuel, persons of the estate of John Osborn who died 02 May 1687, and presented to the court on 18 October, 1687, with a petition by the relict of said John Osborn, namely Mariam Osborn, for right to administer, which was granted (Suffolk Co., L.I., Deeds, A:7).